Contents CHAPTER ONE Introduction to Solar Returns and their interpretation ..................................1 What is a Solar Return Chart? ....................................................................... 1 Tropical, Placidus, Nonprecessed Solar Return ............................................. 1 Solar Return Location ....................................................................................2 Solar Return Calculations ..............................................................................3 How to Tell If Your Calculations Are Correct ..............................................3 Period of the Solar Return's Significance .......................................................4 Introduction to Interpretation ......................................................................... 6 The Solar Return Script .................................................................................7 The House Placement of a Planet ..................................................................8 Retrograde Planets ....................................................................................... 10 Mercury Retrograde .............................................................................. 10 Venus Retrograde .................................................................................. I 1 Mars Retrograde .................................................................................... 12 Interceptions ................................................................................................ 13 Hemispheric Emphasis ................................................................................. 14 Southern Hemispheric Emphasis ........................................................... 14 Northern Hemispheric Emphasis ........................................................... 15 Eastern Hemispheric Emphasis ............................................................. 16 Western Hemispheric Emphasis ............................................................ 17 Quadrant Emphasis ...................................................................................... 17 1 st Quadrant Emphasis ........................................................................ 17 2nd Quadrant Emphasis ......................................................................... 18 „ 3rd Quadrant Emphasis .......................................................................... 18 4th Quadrant Emphasis ......................................................................... 19 Modes and Elements in General ..................................................................19 Well Balanced Modes and Elements .....................................................19 Five or more cardinal planets ................................................................20 Zero or one cardinal planet ....................................................................20 Five or more fixed planets .....................................................................20 Zero or one fixed planet ........................................................................21 Five or more mutable planets ................................................................21 Zero or one mutable planet ....................................................................22 Five or more fire planets .......................................................................22 Zero or one fire planet ...........................................................................23 Five or more earth planets .....................................................................23 Zero or one earth planet .........................................................................23 Five or more air planets .........................................................................24 Zero or one air planet ............................................................................24 Five or more water planets ....................................................................25 Zero or one water planet ........................................................................26 The Ascending Sign .....................................................................................26 Aspects in the Solar Return chart ................................................................26 Conjunctions .........................................................................................27 Trines and Sextiles ................................................................................28 Squares ..................................................................................................28 Oppositions ...........................................................................................29 CHAPTER TWO The Sun in the Solar Return Chart .................................................................29 Introduction .................................................................................................29 Patterns of Movement ..................................................................................29 The Sun in the Angular Houses ................................................................... 32 Angular 4th House ................................................................................. 33 Angular 1st House ................................................................................. 34 Angular 10th House .............................................................................. 35 Angular 7th House ................................................................................. 36 The Sun in the Succedent Houses ................................................................ 38 Succedent 2nd House ............................................................................ 38 Succedent 1 I th House .......................................................................... 39 Succedent 8th House ............................................................................. 40 Succedent 5th House ............................................................................. 42 The Sun in the Cadent Houses .....................................................................43 Cadent 3rd House ..................................................................................44 Cadent 12th House ................................................................................45 Cadent 9th House ..................................................................................46 Cadent 6th House ..................................................................................47 Planets Aspecting the Sun ............................................................................ 48 Sun-Pluto Aspects ................................................................................. 48 Sun-Neptune Aspects............................................................................. 49 Sun-Uranus Aspects............................................................................... 49 Sun-Saturn Aspects ................................................................................ 49 Sun-Jupiter Aspects ............................................................................... 49 Sun-Mars Aspects ................................................................................. 50 Sun-Venus Aspects ............................................................................... 50 Sun-Mercury Aspects ............................................................................ 50 Sun-Moon Aspects ................................................................................ 50 The Sun in the Solar Return Houses ............................................................ 51 The Sun in the 1st House ...................................................................... 51 Example Chart - Sun in the 1st house ............................................. 52 The Sun in the 2nd House ..................................................................... 53 Example chart - Sun in the 2nd ....................................................... 54 The Sun in the 3rd House ...................................................................... 56 Example chart - Sun in the 3rd ....................................................... 57 The Sun in the 4th House ...................................................................... 58 Example chart - Sun in the 4th ....................................................... 60 The Sun in the 5th House ...................................................................... 61 Example chart - Sun in the 5th ....................................................... 62 The Sun in the 6th House ...................................................................... 64 Example chart - Sun in the 6th ....................................................... 64 The Sun in the 7th House ......................................................................65 Example chart - Sun in the 7th ........................................................67 The Sun in the 8th House ......................................................................68 Example chart - Sun in the 8th ........................................................69 The Sun in the 9th House ......................................................................70 Example chart - Sun in the 9th.........................................................72 The Sun in the 10th House ....................................................................73 Example chart - Sun in the 10th.......................................................74